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Ukrainian jet that crashed in Tehran 'WAS hit by an Iranian missile in what was likely an accident, Pentagon and US intelligence officials say'
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 01/09/2020 9:09:53 AM PST by dead

The Ukrainian Airlines flight which crashed in Tehran killing 176 people on Wednesday was shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile system, Pentagon and US intelligence officials believe.

Three security officials said that Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was struck by a Russia-built Tor-M1 surface-to-air missile system as it left Tehran on the way to Kiev, according to Newsweek.

Two of the officials said the aircraft was likely targeted by mistake by Iranian missile systems that were active on Wednesday night as Iran launched rockets at two US basis in Iraq, waiting for a possible counter-strike.

The plane, a Boeing 737-800 en route from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airpot to Kyiv's Boryspil International Airport, encountered a problem moments after takeoff before crashing.

Video showed the aircraft in flames in the air before coming down and bursting into flames a short distance from the city.

The US intelligence officials spoke out as Ukraine confirmed it is sending missile analysts to the site to investigate.

Downing Street also confirmed it is looking into 'very concerning' reports that the airliner was shot down by a missile.

Iranian investigators have insisted that the crash was an accident, but have refused to hand over the black box recorded to international investigators.

Some Iranian reports have claimed the black boxes were damaged, and parts of the recordings lost.

New footage shows the moment a burning Ukrainian passenger jet exploded into pieces yesterday - as Iran said the plane was trying to turn back after a technical fault but Ukraine sent missile specialists to inspect the wreckage.

The CCTV footage shows the burning jet plane lighting up a dark street as it approaches before it explodes in a huge fireball.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boeing; muslimworld; planecrash; shootdown; ukraine; ukrainianairlines
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To: hardspunned
Why were 63 Canadians in Iran?

Likely Iranian students of dual citizenship. Canada has some f'ed up system that foreign students can get citizenship. Maybe a fellow Canadian Freeper can chime in with more informed info.

61 posted on 01/09/2020 10:12:04 AM PST by Damifino (The true measure of a man is found in what he would do if he knew no one would ever find out.)
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To: z3n

“What’s our Vector, Victor?”

“Right over the SAM site, Clarence.”


62 posted on 01/09/2020 10:14:12 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: dfwgator

Here’s some more food for thought.

Why would the Iranians have an anti-aircraft missile battery directly down range of Tehran airport in the flight path of routine passenger jet traffic?


63 posted on 01/09/2020 10:16:18 AM PST by shotgun
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To: shotgun

To protect the airport from attack?


64 posted on 01/09/2020 10:25:08 AM PST by norcal joe
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To: NEMDF

>>OR - maybe one or some of the passengers were defecting out of Iran, taking secrets or cash or gold with them (someone suggested on FR yesterday).

Wouldn’t doubt this.


65 posted on 01/09/2020 10:27:39 AM PST by struggle
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To: gloryblaze; MAD-AS-HELL

Well, I did mention Liblogic 101 in another post so there’s that. :-)


66 posted on 01/09/2020 10:29:47 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: dead

Accident Babalouie? There’s no such thing as an accident, mistake maybe, accident no.


67 posted on 01/09/2020 10:31:59 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: dead
>> Some Iranian reports have claimed the black boxes
were damaged, and parts of the recordings lost.


Sure they were. More likely, somebody shoved 50 kids out into the debris field (while it was still burning) to find and retrieve those flight recorders. Anything left is now stowed in some dark hole, probably never be seen again.
68 posted on 01/09/2020 10:32:52 AM PST by Mike-o-Matic
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To: dead

I posted this the morning after the missile attack:

“You can bet your ass that, knowing there were going to be missile launches into Iraq, Iranian air defense batteries were placed on a “weapons free” status. Some moron(s) in the Iranian air defense corps, fearing an immediate retaliatory attack, were a little too trigger happy and unloaded on a “low-flying unidentified aircraft on an attack profile.”

You can also count on the fact that we know exactly what happened to that aircraft...”

Mistake, yes, but only in the sense that they shot down what they almost certainly thought was a low-level attack profile; missiles don’t launch themselves.


69 posted on 01/09/2020 10:33:21 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: z3n

A bad day to stop sniffing glue.


70 posted on 01/09/2020 10:34:58 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: dead

Oh, my goodness...


71 posted on 01/09/2020 10:42:34 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: dead
Iranian investigators have insisted that the crash was an accident, but have refused to hand over the black box recorded to international investigators.

Perfectly good planes don't crash, they get shot down. All the evidence so far points to this.

72 posted on 01/09/2020 10:44:30 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: shelterguy
I wonder how Canada feels about this.

Trudeau will slip into his Iranian gear and kiss their feet and beg for answers, he'll get none.

73 posted on 01/09/2020 10:45:58 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: mad_as_he$$
>> Anyone seen John F’n Kerry?

Good question.

Just last night, I was re-watching the episode of Ken Burns' Vietnam War documentary, in which John Kerry was making testimony to Congress, on behalf of the anti-war organization, VVAW*.

According to other witnesses and veterans in the doc, his testimony was demonstrably full of lies and misleading statements.

Has there EVER been a time when John Kerry wasn't a coward, liar, and traitor??!? And he's still at it!

Based on what's happened to Kerry, Obama, and many meddling turncoats (which is to say: *nothing*), the Logan Act appears to be utterly worthless. Enormous, obvious acts of treason go entirely unpunished.

* = Vietnam Veterans Against the War
74 posted on 01/09/2020 10:46:36 AM PST by Mike-o-Matic
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To: norcal joe

Granted, but this plane had only been on the air 3 minutes at 7,000 feet with an outbound vector from the airport. I would think that if an enemy aircraft has penetrated to within 3 minutes of you airport, they’ve most likely have already launched their weapons and your missiles system doesn’t have anything left to protect.


75 posted on 01/09/2020 10:48:46 AM PST by shotgun
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To: dead

An accident is when you dial a wrong phone number. It may have been mistaken identity but it was not an accident.


76 posted on 01/09/2020 10:50:03 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: dead

The Trump curse strikes again. Lol. Go up against The Don at your own risk.


77 posted on 01/09/2020 10:53:17 AM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: shotgun

Good point.


78 posted on 01/09/2020 10:57:00 AM PST by norcal joe
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To: norcal joe

By tonight the Dems and MSM will be blaming Trump for the plane crash. If he hadn’t started this with Iran, this never would have happened. 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon or something like that.


79 posted on 01/09/2020 11:02:01 AM PST by gswilder
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

No exchange here. It is as an attack by Iran.


80 posted on 01/09/2020 11:04:25 AM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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